Not a tribute to Simon Le Bon and his yacht-swanning set, Durang Durang is a trio of mini plays from the pen of Christopher Durang, presented here by New York's Mind The Gap.
Durang just happens to be the favourite playwright of Mrs Sorken, the Connecticut housewife who opens the piece with a fabulously irreverent monologue about theatre. She's played brilliantly by Janet Prince, who also leads the subsequent pair of ensemble works with three younger pros. The first is a rather scrumptious parody of Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie, where an unstable man clings to his collection of drinks stirrers much to the exasperation of his southern belle mother. All sorts of horseplay ensues with the dialogue packed with devilish one-liners.
Final piece, the wickedly funny farce Nina In The Morning, concerns a lascivious former starlet whose facelift has slipped while her plastic surgeon is on vacation. With familial disdain, narcissism and neurosis pushing the levels up to 11, it's like Arrested Development set in some Edward Gorey-inspired locked room. This is a hellish hoot.
Until Aug 31 (not 17 or 24), Gilded Balloon Teviot, 5.15pm. www.gildedballoon.co.uk

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